Miracle Of Christmas

December 18, 1985|The Morning Call

To the Editor:

Christmas is the time for miracles! It's the time when love seeps into every heart. It's a warm, glowing time of year. But, what if there were no Christmas? There would be no twinkling lights, no decorations, no Santa Claus, no Salvation Army Band playing carols on the square. No one to say "Merry Christmas!" No one to tell the story of the Star of Bethlehem and how it led the Shepherds and the Wise Men to the stable where the baby Jesus was born to the Virgin Mary. I wonder how many little children today still believe in the magic of Christmas, or have they been turned into adults too soon?

Let a candle shine in every window, decorate the tree. Let church bells chime and carols be sung. Hope, like the spirit of Christmas, never dies. Let us look up into the heavens and see, not missiles, but a million tiny stars, and may one star outshine the others, as it did more than 2,000 years ago.

Also there is Santa Claus; that fat, jolly old man with the white beard and red suit, who is doing what God intends us also to do, to spread love and compassion to others all over the world. It's the feeling you have in your heart that makes Christmas what it's meant to be; a time for miracles. As Tiny Tim says "God Bless us everyone." I pray this Christmas will bring out the best in us all, and may we, too, become as little children in our hearts.